The 22 Books From the '90s That You Need to Read With Your Kids

Year published: 1997

Why your child needs to read it: This hilarious and creatively illustrated novel series revolves around two troublemaker fourth graders who hypnotize their principal into Captain Underpants, the greatest superhero of all time. The ratio of pictures to text will help your budding reader to work through (read: devour) each of the silly books one by one. (Plus, the first book is being made into a movie coming out late in 2017!)

Shop: The Adventures of Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey ($4, originally $6)